Whip-socket.



0. W. GUGELER1 WHIP SOCKET.

APPUCATiON FXLED SEPT-16,]915.

Patented July 25, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I qwdwwooen 0. W. GUGELEH.

WHIP SOCKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 19x5.

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WHIP-SOCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed September 16, 1915. Serial No. 51,038

My invention relates to whip socketsand more particularly to a lock for whip sockets.

The primary object of my invention resides in the provision of a combination or permutation locking means for co-aeting with the whip socket for removably holding a whip within the socket so as to prevent unauthorized persons from surreptitiously removing the whip from the socket when the 7 owner of the latter is not in the vehicle, on which the socket is attached.

Another object of my invention resides in the provision of a novel resilient means for mounting the novel clamping means within the socket, the spring means being engageable when desired with the clamping means whereby to consequently maintain the clamping means in removable engagement with the enlarged end of a whip to lock the whip within the socket.

A further object of my invention resides in the provision of a novel form of whip socket provided with means for receiving the locking means, thelatter being rotatable and slidably associated with the socket whereby the locking means may be locked in either an open orclosed position, as desired.

A still further object of my invention resides in the provision of a novel ring holder slidably associated with a socket for receiving a plurality of ring elements, the latter being slidably and rotatably associated with the sockets for engagement with either the upper or lower end of the socket in order to maintain the locking means in an open or closed position. a

A still furtherobject of my invention resides in the provision of a device of the character described that is simple in construction, efficient in operation and one that can be manufactured and placed on the market at a minimum cost.

, Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scope of my invention will be more readily understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and of this specification.

In the drawings :Figure l is a vertical sectional view of my invention, showing the whip in locked position within the socket; F 1g. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. l is a side elevational view of pointed out in the claims forming a part my invention illustrating to advantage the arrangement of the ring holder and rings on the socket, the rings in this figure being arranged so that they may slide downwardly to consequently force the, clamping means into engagement with the whip within the socket; Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view with the whip holder showing the locking means in open position, the whip, not shown, being inserted and removed in the usual manner without being hindered by the lock- 111g means; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the ring holder; and Fig. 7 is a top plan view of one of the rings.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate like or corresponding parts throughout the different views, I provide a preferably cylindrical whip socket 1 having a flared upper'end 2, the lower end of the socket being depressed inwardly to provide a shoulder 3-for supporting the enlarged handle end L of a whip 5. In order to provide combination locking means in conjunction with the whip socket, I have provided the inner walls of the socket at diametrically opposite points with longitudinal grooves 6, the bottoms of which slant to ward the outer periphery of the socket and terminate in longitudinal slots 7 The outer periphery of the socket adjacent the lower ends of the slots are reduced to provide shoulders 8 of a widthsimilar to the width of the "slots for a purpose to be hereinafter described. 'Disposed within the grooves 6 and slots 7 are my improved resilient members inthis instance in the form of longitudinally curved leaf springs 9, the upper ends of each of which are secured through the medium of suitable fastening devices preferably bolts 10 and nuts 11 in the upper endsof the grooves and arranged in circumferential alinement therewith. Secured intermediate the ends of each of the leaf springs on the inner faces thereof are arouclamps 12, said clamps being arranged opposite to each other and connected to the leaf springs 9 through the medium of small longitudinally curved leaf springs 13. The curved springs 9 have their lower ends normally extended through the slots 7, the eX- instance consists of a plurality of rings 15.

preferably three, each of said rings being arranged about the outer periphery of the socket and provided'on their inner peripheries with lugs 16. The rings are encompassed by a cylindrical frame, the ring holder comprising annular bands 17 and connecting strips 18 provided with longitudinally disposed lugs 19 on the inner peripheryof thebands and one of the con necting strips as illustrated to advantage in Fig. 6 of the accompanying drawings. In

, order that the rings may be operated on the socket, so that the clamping members may be arranged in open and closed positlon, I havegprovided the outer periphery above the upper ends of the slots 7 with three uniformly spaced grooves 20 for receiving the lugs 16 on each of the rings 15 in such a manner thatthe respective edges of the rings 15 will be arranged in close relation with each other. The lower periphery of the "whip socket is also provided with three similarly formed annular grooves 21, which grooves 21 intersect the slots as 1s yclearly illustrated in the drawings. Also arranged on the outer periphery of. the

socket adjacent one side of theone of the' slots 7 is a longitudinal groove 22, said groove extending approximately the entire length of the socket and intersecting both sets ofannular grooves 20 and 21. As was before stated the ring holder encompasses 7 the rings so that the inner edges of the bands are arranged in close relation with the outer edges of the upper andlower rings. In applying the ring holder the lugs 19 are arrangedwithin the groove 22 and have their inner edges arranged in close relation with the outer edges of the upper and lower rings 15 sothat when certain numbers on the rings are arranged in longitudinal alinement with the cross marks 24, upon moving the ring "holder in either direction, the rings will also be moved therewith. Assuming that the ring holder and rings are in an uppermost or lower position on the socket, by moving the ring holder downwardly, the lugs 16 and 19 will slide in the groove 22 and during the downward movement of the holder, the outer V faces of the longitudinal curved springs 9 will be engaged and forced into frictional engagement with the'whip within the socket.

The downward movement of the ring holder is limited through the medium of stop strips 25 on the outer periphery adjacent the lower end of the socket, this arrangement causing the rings 9 to be arranged above the grooves 21, when, by turning one of the links so that when a certain number will be arranged out of alinement with the cross marks, sliding movement of the ring will be prevented thereby causing the whip to be held within the socket so as to prevent surreptitious removal by unauthorized persons The wedge members 14 are engaged by the lower band 17 of the ring holder during its downward movement to force the springs 9'within the slots in such a manner that the springs will not interfere with the rotation of the lugs '16 within the grooves 21, the shoulders 8 preventing the springs 9 being forced entirely through the slot. In order to release the whip, the numbers preferably 8 on the upper ring, 2 on the middle ring and 5 on the lower ring are arranged in alinement with the cross marks 24, this arrangement causing the lugs 16 to be arranged in alinement with the longitudinal groove 22 and the ring holder slid upwardly,

the springs, because of their natural arrangement passing outwardly through the slots thereby releasing the whip 5. The upward longitudinal movement of the ring holder is limited by an annular rib 26 on the socket. Then the band is arranged in close relation with the rib, the rings may be rotated so that one of the numbers 8, 2

or 5 is out of alinemen't with the remaining numbers, thereby locking the rings in an 1 open position which will permit of the usual insertion and'eXtraction of the whip.

A clamping band 27 is disposed about the socket for facilitating the attaching of. the socket to a vehicle clash-board, thebolt 10 and the nut 11 serving to maintain the said band inposition.

Although I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I

"arrangement of the locking means of a permutation type in combination with the peculiarly formed whip socket for removably maintaining resilient clamping means in engagement with the enlarged end of a whip.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it can easily be seen that I have provided a device that is simple in construction, containing but-a few simple parts that can be cheaply manufactured and assembled and when assembled can be placed upon the market and sold at a minimum cost.

' It will be understood that the above dedesire it to be understood that I am not to be scription and accompanying drawings comprehend' only the preferred embodiment of my invention and that various minor changes in detail of construction, proportion and arrangement of the parts may be made within the scope of the appended claims and without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A lock for whip sockets including a socket provided on its inner periphery with oppositely disposed longitudinal grooves and slots communicating with the lower ends of the grooves and further provided on the outer surface of the socket with recesses positioned at the ends of the slots, longitudinally curved, resilient members secured within the grooves and projecting through the slots, clamping elements resiliently con-' nected to the inner surfaces of the resilient members, locking means slidably and rotatably associated with the outer periphery of the socket for engagement with the resilient elements for forcing the members Within the socket until the lower end of the members engage the recesses whereby to removably maintain the clamping means in frictional engagement with the whip, and means carried by the outer surfaces of the resilient members for limiting the downward movement of the locking means.

2. A lock for whip sockets including a socket, clamping means secured on the inner periphery of the socket and having a portion thereof extending exteriorly of the socket, said socket having its outer periphery provided with a plurality of annular grooves and with a longitudinal groove intersecting the annular grooves, a plurality of rings associated with the outer periphery of the socket, a ring holder for encompassing the-rings, lugs on the inner peripheries of the rings for engagement with the annular grooves and with the longitudinal grooves, lugs on the ring holder for engagement with the longitudinal groove, said ring holder being slidable in the longitudinal groove when the lugs on the rings are in alinement with the longitudinal groove to force the clamping means into engagement with a whip within the socket, and

said rings being rotatable to removably lock the Whip.

3. A whip socket lock including a socket provided in its inner periphery with longitudinal grooves and communicating longitudinal slots, longitudinal curved resilient members secured in the grooves and disposed through the slots and arranged to extend eXteriorly of said socket, clamping members carried by the inner surfaces of the resilient members, said socket being fur ther provided on its outer periphery with a plurality of annular grooves adjacent the upper and lower ends thereof and with a longitudinal groove intersecting said annular grooves, a ring holder slidably mounted on said socket and guided by said longitudinal groove, and a plurality of rings associated with the ring holder and adapted to rotate in theannular grooves and slide in the longitudinal groove to removably maintain the resilient clamping members in engagement with a whip.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR W. GUGELER. Witnesses C. H. MOHLAND, EDWARD J. GUGELER.

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